JWalkyTalky
Boxer Pal
Hiya,
First post on here so bare with me! I have a 12 week old male pup Vinny who is very good at settling into a calm sit to greet people after his initial stump wiggles and kidney beaning. The same can't be said for greeting other dogs!
Our first puppy class consisted of him behaving unexpectedly well for me given the distractions and yet as soon as he was allowed to sniff the other pups it was impossible to lure him away with food as of course, food doesn't matter when play is the alternative.
The problem is that not all of the puppies there (or dogs he will meet in future) want to play, especially how he plays (paws first). The trainer present said I should encourage him to keep all paws on the ground and play more like a 'dog' than a Boxer. I have to say that when I asked her how... She had no real response. I wonder if anyone has any tips on encouraging paws on the floor for greeting other dogs? We already discourage jumping up with people by rewarding his calm behaviour and this works great but he tends to put his feet straight on other dogs, even on their faces! Not polite at all and I'm concerned it will get him in trouble and want to teach him to be respectful when meeting other dogs.
Any tips? Sorry for the essay!!
First post on here so bare with me! I have a 12 week old male pup Vinny who is very good at settling into a calm sit to greet people after his initial stump wiggles and kidney beaning. The same can't be said for greeting other dogs!
Our first puppy class consisted of him behaving unexpectedly well for me given the distractions and yet as soon as he was allowed to sniff the other pups it was impossible to lure him away with food as of course, food doesn't matter when play is the alternative.
The problem is that not all of the puppies there (or dogs he will meet in future) want to play, especially how he plays (paws first). The trainer present said I should encourage him to keep all paws on the ground and play more like a 'dog' than a Boxer. I have to say that when I asked her how... She had no real response. I wonder if anyone has any tips on encouraging paws on the floor for greeting other dogs? We already discourage jumping up with people by rewarding his calm behaviour and this works great but he tends to put his feet straight on other dogs, even on their faces! Not polite at all and I'm concerned it will get him in trouble and want to teach him to be respectful when meeting other dogs.
Any tips? Sorry for the essay!!